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CHILDS SHAMPOO BOARD Filed March a, 1947 2 SHEETSSHEET 2 INVENTOR.@7707; Qrizzwz Patented June 3, 1952 UNITED STATES PATENT QFFICE CHILDSSHAMPOO BOARD Marion D. Artman, Chicago, 111.

Application March 6, 1947, Serial No. 732,754

Claims.

This invention concerns shampoo devices for children and relates moreparticularly to a type of .device adapted to be used at a kitchen sinkwhile the child reclines upon the associated drainboard or other workingarea.

An important object of the invention is the provision of a device by theuse of which a child reclines comfortably in a position that .no soapywater reaches his eyes during the operation.

Another object is the provision of a shampoo device including ahead-supporting structure of which an end is adapted to rest upon thebrim of a kitchen sink basin or the like while said structure isotherwise complementally suspended above the bottom of thebasin in amanner to receive and support the head of a child whose body reclinesupon a drainboard or other working area comprising an extending part ofthe basin or disposed adjacently thereto.

A further object is the provision of a shampoo device having adrainboard body and comprising legs spaced from an end of said body foradapting the device to be associated with a kitchen sink basin while thelegless end of the bodyrests upon the brim of the basin and the legsupon the bottom of the basin.

A further object is the .provision'of a shampoo board constructed ofsheet material and having a sunken trough portion extending lengthwisethereof and a downwardly turned portion at at least one end thereofcooperating'with the upright gdges of the sunken portion for rigidifyingsaid ody.

Another object is the provision of a shampoo device body in the form ofa drainboard and having opposite ends thereof turned downwardly andthereby forming a cavity receivable of detachable legs of the devicewhen-packaged.

Another object is the provision of a shampoo board having an endsupportable upon the brim of a sink basin and having means spacedlengthwise of said board from such end for supporting the main bodythereof above the bottom of said basin in a position decliningdownwardly from the end upon the brim, and said supporting means beingconstructed and arranged for also supporting said board in an upwardlyinclined position for display purposes.

The above and other desirable objects inherent in and encompassed by theinvention together with sundry advantages thereof will be more fullycomprehended upon reading the ensuing description with reference totheannexed drawings, wherein:

Fig. l is a plan view of a preferred embodiment of the invention;

Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken on the line"22 of Fig. 1 andillustrating the device with the main body portion thereof disposed in aposition slightly inclined from the upright, this being a position fordisplay by salespeople in contrast to the working position;

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary enlarged plan viewof a leg-attaching edgeportion of the drainboard body;

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary enlarged side elevational view taken on the line4-4 of Fig. 1;

Figs. 5 and 6 are perspective views illustrating use of the device at akitchen sink.

With continued referenceto the drawings, the shampoo device has a mainbody I 'l constituting a head-supporting drainboard structure. "Thispanel-like head-supporting structure or board H, in the presentembodiment, is formed of asingle piece of sufliciently rigid sheetmaterial as metal or a plastic.

One end portion 12 of the board is narrowed as viewed in Fig. 1 and iscurved as illustratedin Fig. 2. A central portion of the board is sunkenwhereby there are formed side wing portions l3 and an edge portion I 4bordering the narrow-end [2 which are at a higher elevation than saidcentral portion A narrow riser 15 forms the boundary between thedepressed central portion of the board and the raised wings 13 andnarrow end border 14. The riser [5 serves as a strengthening rib torigidify the board as does the curving of the two ends thereof at [2 andIS. A hang-up hole I! is provided for the device.

Snap-on legs I8 are adapted to be detachably secured to the board byvirtue of pairs of narrow parallel notches 19 in the edges of the twowings l3 nearer to the wide end l6 of the board. The pairs of notchesprovide tongues 2| therebetween and each tongue has a slightly upturnedlip 22 upon its outer end.

The legs I8 are formed of metal strips. The two ends of a leg-formingstrip are perforated and secured together by means of a rivet 23 whichalso serves to retain a rubber suction cup or foot 24 onto the bottom ofthe leg. A midsection of the leg-forming strip is bent to form shoulders25 and 2B and a bridging section 21 therebetween. The ends of thebridging section 2'! are connected with the shoulders 25 and 26 by shortriser sections 28.

Section 21 of the legs I8 is of a length substantially equal to thebreadth of the tongues 2| so thatthe legs may be attached to the boardby sliding the risers 28 respectively into the notches 19. As each legis slid toward the attached position illustrated in Fig. l, the upturnedlip2'2 will bear against the underside of the bridging section 21 andcause the tongue 21 to be deflected slightly downwardly, wherefore uponthe le reaching the fully assembled position, the tongue 2| will springupwardly to place the lip 22 for locking the leg in assemblysufficiently securely that it will not become accidentally detached.

One method of using the device is illustrated in Fig. 5. Here the narrowend I2 of the board is placed upon an end of a folded bath towel 29which is spread upon a drainboard or other working area 3| which extendsgenerally horizontally from a brim portion 30 of a kitchen sink basin32. The rubber feet 24 rest upon the bottomof the basin and therebycooperate with the brim portion 30 for ccmplementally supporting theboard in an inclined position so it will drain into the basin.

The child lies upon, its back upon the towelcovered working area in suchposition that the back or either side of the childs head will rest uponthe board portion of the device at a position near the narrow endthereof. This leaves the broad portion of the board exposed for receiving the childs hair and thus facilitates access thereto for soapingand rinsing. If a mixing faucet 33 is available, a hose 34 and sprayhead 35 may be used for wetting and rinsing the hair as illustrated inFig. 5.

In addition to stiffening the board, the curving of the end portion i2causes that part'of the board beneath the neck of the child to be at asufliciently high elevation that no water will drain down the childsneck, wherefore it is unnecessary to remove the childs clothing.

A further advantage of curving the narrow end of the board is to enableit to bite into the soft texture of the towel and thereby cling to thetowel to insure that the narrow end of the board shall not creep towardand drop into to sink basin.

An advantage gained by supporting the body of thedevice complementallyby a brim portion of the basin or the working area adjacently to thesink basin and by-leg means depending from the board at a portionthereof spaced from the working area is that the basin depth can varyconsiderably without materially changing the elevation of that portionof the board upon which the childshead rests. Consequently, the deviceis adapted to be equipped with legs of a standard length sufiicientlyshort to provide for a slight slope of the board in shallow basins andyet provide a suitable head support when used with modern deeper basins.Alteration of comfort to the child by the aforesaid variation in slopeof the board is minimized because of the curvature in the narrow end ofthe board. This is because such curvature enables longer legs to be usedin a shallow basin than could otherwise be used inasmuch as thecurvature elevates the narrow end of the board and thereby causes theboard to continue to drain toward the basin. Therefore, a longer leg canbe used in conjunction with a shallow basin, and this longer leg willprevent excessive sloping and lowering of that portion of the boardsupporting the childs head when the board is used with a deep basin.

A further advantage gained from curving the narrow end of the boardtogether with the curving of the broad end thereof, is the provision ofa space on the underside of the board partially embraced by these curvedend portions and which space is adapted to receive the detached legswhen they and the board are in a carton. The

4 carton is then reinforced by the disassembled device since the upperside of the board supports one side of the carton while the edges of thebent ends support the opposite side of the carton adjacently to the endsthereof, and the detached legs on the back or under side of the boardprovide support for the middle of such opposite side of the carton.

The riser I5 connecting-the two portions of the board in differentplanes of elevation, in addition to stiffening the board, has thefurther effect of providing a drain channel between the wings [3. Rinsewater streaming from the childs hair is for the most part confinedwithin this channel and thereby tends to hold long hair in the channelwhere eiiicient rinsing occurs. It will be noted that the childs head issupported in a manner that no soap or water gets into the childs eyes oronto the childs face.

The legs I8 are so proportioned and located with respect to the broadend of the board that when the device is resting upon said end it can bepropped in an inclined display position by the legs as illustrated inFig. 2.

Having .thus described a preferred embodiment of the invention with theview of clearly and concisely illustrating the same, I claim:

1. A childs shampoo device useable in conjunction with a basin and abody-supporting surface extending generally horizontally from a brimportion of said basin, comprising a headsupporting drainboard structurehaving an end portion adapted to rest upon said brim portion, and legmeans for and portable with said structure and adapted to rest upon thebottom of said basin while serving complementally with said brim portionfor supporting said structure in an inclined position to drain from saidend portion toward the opposite end thereof and into the basin.

2. A childs shampoo device useable in conjunction with a basin and abody-supporting surface extending generally horizontally from a brimportion of said basin, comprising a headsupporting drainboard structurehaving an end portion adapted to rest upon said brim portion, and meansattached to said structure and reactable upwardly on said structure froma portion of said basin and being thereby serviceable complementallywith said brim portion for supporting said structure in an inclinedposition to drain from said end portion toward the opposite end thereofand into the basin.

3. A childs shampoo device useable in conjunction'with a basin andbody-supporting surface extending generally horizontally of the brimportion of said basin, comprising a head-supporting panel-like structurehaving an end portion adapted to rest upon said brim portion, and legmeans attached to and depending from said structure, said leg meansbeing adapted to rest upon the bottom of said basin while servingcomplementally with said brim portion for supporting said structureabove the bottom of said basin.

4. A childs shampoo device comprising a headsupporting board having adownwardly turned portion at an end thereof, and thrust exerting meansattached to and depending downwardly from said board at a section nearerto the opposite end thereof.

5. A childs shampoo device comprising a headsupporting board having anarrowed and downwardly turned portion at an end thereof, and thrustexerting leg means attached'to and depending downwardly from said boardat a section nearer to the opposite end thereof.

6. A child's shampoo device comprising a headsupporting board havingdownwardly turned opposite end portions, and thrust exerting leg meansattached to and depending downwardly from said board at a section nearerto one of the ends.

7. A child's shampoo device comprising a headsupporting board having anarrowed end portion curved downwardly at its extremity and also havingits opposite end portion curveddownwardly, and thrust exerting leg meansdepending downwardly from said board at a section nearer to saidopposite end portion. I

8. A child's shampoo device comprising a headsupporting panel-likestructure having a depressed central portion bordered on opposite edgesby upwardly turned sides effecting reinforcing ribs extending lengthwiseof the structure, one end of said structure being downwardly turned fromthe depressed central portion and adapted for support over the brim of abasin, and leg means attached to and adapted for reacting between asection nearer the opposite end of the structure and the bottom of suchbasin while serving complementally with said brim for supporting saidstructure, so it slopes downwardly from the one end thereof.

9. A shampoo device for use in conjunction with a basin and a surfaceextending generally horizontally from a brim portion of such basin; ahead-supporting structure, said structure having an end supportable uponsaid brim portion and consequently above the bottom of said basin, andsupport means upon a portion of said structure spaced from said end andreactable upon said basin attendant to exerting an upward force on saidstructure portion and thus cooperating with said brim portion insupporting said structure above the bottom of the basin.

10. A shampoo device for use in conjunction with a basin and a surfaceextending generally horizontally from a brim portion 01 such basin; ahead-supporting structure, said structure having an end supportable uponsaid brim portion and consequently above the bottom of said basin, legmeans projecting from a portion of said body adjacently to the oppositeend thereof and reactable upon said basin for cooperating with said brimportion in supporting said structure above the bottom of the basin, andsaid leg means being cooperable with the opposite end of said structureto support it in an upwardly and backwardly inclined display positionwhile said legs and opposite end rest on a substantially horizontalsurface.

MARION D. ARTMAN.

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